Saturday, November 29, 2008

I built this as gift for my good friends Lina and Per who got married this summer. Originally a drawing (based on a sketch from years ago) that I made for their invitation card. I thought a clockwork tandem bike was a good metaphor for the concept of marriage. A delicate machinery but yet powerful, if carefully maintained, and if the partners are agreed about the direction.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Spent a few good weeks in dad´s woodshop this summer building two lap steel guitars. They're hollow bodies sort of like an ES 335 with a solid piece troughout the hole length of the guitar and some hollowness on the sides. Neck and sides are made out of birch. Top and back is pine. Maybe not the types of wood a luthier would recommend but it sounds ok to me - and, I can point out the spot, in my parents yard, where the birch stood. If I ever do another one I will make sides, top and back thinner to see if I can squeeze some more acoustic volume out of it.

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Bio

Born in 1962 in Arvika, Sweden, and have lived in Göteborg since 1983. I studied at HDK School of Design and Craft, and The Nordic Art School in Kokkola, Finland during 1983-1988. I received my Master in Graphic Design in 1988, and since then I've been working as a freelance Illustrator/Graphic Designer.

My original intent was to be a musician (I play the guitar). And the art/design studies was simply a way to get me to a bigger city where I hoped to
find people to play with. I'm quite happy with how things turned out though, 'cause I really like drawing and I don't like being away from
home (which musicians often are).

I continued to play though, and I actually did find some people to play with. At design school. We did a lot of gigging and recorded two CD's.